This is true. A company I know was sued after a claim was made that one of
their parts failed, causing the deaths of two small children. Tests showed
that the part had been improperly installed (which could have caused a
failure), but did not fail.

The insurance company settled for over $4 million.

The worst part is that now the product liability premiums for this product
line now cost more that the profit made on the line, however dropping the
line is impractical, as they will still need to maintain the liability
insurance for the products already sold.

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message news:6mMMf.17004
Lawyers don't care who is at fault only who has money.